SHRIMP Synonyms: 27 Similar and Opposite Words

shrimp

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as in to fish

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At 72, Bill Von Herbulis doesn’t let life in a wheelchair keep him from fishing and working his crab traps daily at the marina near his Florida home.

— Natasha Holt, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
For example, in 2021, a dozen Turkish bottom trawlers fishing illegally in the Aegean Sea tried to ram a Greek research vessel when the scientists began filming their activity.

— Ian Urbina, Los Angeles Times, 9 Oct. 2026

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